Divorce and the Family
"Life is better and much happier as hearts turn toward family and as families live in the light of the gospel of Christ."-M Russell Ballard. In our latter-days, we are witnessing now more than ever a decline in the traditional family and the values that come with it. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I am striving every day to become the individual the Lord wants me to be in order for me to get sealed to my future companion. I am taught that having a healthy and loving relationship will increase my own well-being and will in turn carry on with my children as they witness what kind of a marriage their parents have. One morning during my 6 th grade school year, my mom came in to wake me up for school and I remember her sitting on my bed and telling me that her and my father were going to be getting a divorce. In all honesty, I had seen that coming from a mile away. They had been participatin